Attaching means for railroad rails



June 12. 1928. 1,672,865

- G. A. ALLENDORF ET AL ATTACHING MEANS FOR RAILROAD RAILS Filed Feb. 4, 1928 Q INVEy TOR. GEORGE A. ALLENDORF j PETERMKABERLINE #i/HAATTORNEY.

Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

ATTACHING MEANS FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

Application filed February 4,1928. Serial No. 251,880.

Our invention relates to attaching means for railroad rails.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and eflicient means for securing the guard or safety rail tothe main rails, the said guard rails being commonly applied to bridges and also co-acting with a switch.

A further object of our invention is to providean attaching means that is quickly applied and .willavoid mutilation of the rails.

A still further object of our invention is to provide an efiicient bearing plate for the foot of the rails that is applied individually to the ties. i I

A still further'object of our invention is to provide an attaching means eliminating the use of bolts as tying means for the guard to the main rail.

A still further object of our invention is to provide an adjustable spacing means for the guard rail from the main rail.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a bearing plate having a channel M; to receive the foot of the rail, the plate being apertured to receive the spikes, whereby the rail and the plate are simultaneously attached to the cross ties.

A still further-"object of our invention is to provide a plate for the foot of the rails as means to increase the area of the bearing on the ties.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters apply to like parts throughout the different views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmental plan View of one side of the road, with the guard rail attached to the main rail.

Figs. 2 and 3 are plan and transverse views of the bearing plate, channeled to receive the guard and main rails.

Figs. 4 and 5 are plan and transverse views of the bearing plate for a single rail.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the separator for rails paralleling each other.

Fig. 7 is an end view of 6, and Fig. 8 is an opposite end View.

Fig. 9 is a side view of the separator, be ing flared and arcuated to conform to the bend at the end of the guard rail.

Fig. 10 is a cross section taken on line 1()-10-in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and also-having a portion removed from the lug to show integral connec tion of the lug to the-rail.

Fig. 11 is a, top view of the yoke shown in Fi 10.

aur invention, herein disclosed, consists of a bearing plate ,1, having a channel or channels 2 transversely ositioned, and apertures 3 through which t e spikes 4 will engage, simultaneously binding the rail and the said plate to the cross ties 5. The channels are in depth to receive approximately the thick ness of the outer edge of the foot of the rails. The plate is a means to increase the bearing on the cross tie, and the channel in the plate is means to properly align the end joints of the rails, as well as securely seating the rail on the ties intermediate the end joints. It is shown that certain plates are to have a curved channel to receive the curved end of a guardrail X, the said channel being shown in Fig. 2. i

As a separating means "for theguardrail from the main rail, we have provided a separator consisting of a member 6, having a tongue 7 and a bearing 8, the said bearin obliquely extending from one end "of sai member to the opposite end, or near thereto, the tongue being centrally positioned and longitudinal with the member. A second member 9, having a groove 10 to conform to the shape of the tongue cross-sectionally, is adapted to slidably. engage on the bearing 8 of the first said member. The side of the member 9 engages on the said bearing and is positioned at an angle to conform to the angle of the bearing, by which means the opposite sides of the members, as at A--A, are parallel and subject to variation in width b a sliding movement of the members longltudinally in opposite directions.

As a means to prevent retraction of member 9, we have provided a plurality of apertures 11 extending through the tongue and spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 3, by which means, when-the said members are adjusted to snugly engage on the web of the rails, a cotter pin 12 or the like is placed in the aperture adjacent the end of member 9. As a means to prevent separation of the rails, we have provided a yoke member 13 having a return bend on each end thereof as at B, the ends of which snugly engage on the web of the rails opposite the position of the separators. As an adjusting means for snug engagement of the ends of said member. 13 to the rails we have provided a similar adjustment to that shown in Fig. 3, there being one to each end, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, and by removing the wedge members the yolie may be placed and removed from the rar s.

At the end curvature of the guard rail is provided a separator 14 having the side adjacent the curved portion of the rail arcuate to conform to the said curve. The said separator is secured in place by a stud l5 axially extending from the smaller end thereof to engage in the aperture of a lug 16, the said lug being integrally connected and laterally extending from the guard rail. As a means to prevent outward movement of the separator, an aperture is placed near the outer end of the stud, through which is placed a cotter pin 17 the split ends of the pin being separated as locking means against removal thereof.

\Vhile we have shown a certain position of the spikes, We do not confine such to be final, as the spikes and their respective apertures may be staggered or varied in number at the discretion of mechanical engineers or manufacturers; and the metal to be employed in the separator and yokes may be varied as to their temper, and also other metals than steel or cast may be employed, so long at it complies with the requirements for rigid engagement and endurance. Such other modifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appended claims, and with reference to the exact details of construction.

Having fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In attaching means for railroad rails, in combination with the guard rail having a curve at each end thereof, and'the main rail, an apertured lug laterally extending and integrally connectedto the guard rail adjacent the curved portion thereof, a separator to engage with the web of the rails and having a stud on one end to engage in the aperture of the lug, and means to secure engagement, the separator having one side curved to conform to the curveof the end of the rail, by which means the spacing apart of the rails may be varied.

2. In attaching means for railroad rails, in combination with the guard rail, main rail, and a plate having two transversely positioned channels on the upper face thereof and spaced apart, one of said channels being curved to receive the curved end of a guard rail, and the other to receive the main rail, a separator havingvan arcuate side to conform to the curved channel in the plate, the other side being in alignment with the channel for th main rail, and means for attaching the separator to prevent outward or longitudinal movement when brought to snug engagement between said'rails, a memher having a return bend for each end thereof and adjusting means for rigid contact at the end of each bend to contact on the outside of the webbing of the rails opposite the con tact of the separatingmember, all substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

GEORGE A. ALLENDORF. PETER M. KABERLINE. 

